Posted on Feb 20, 2015

As it is National Former POW Recognition Day: The Greatest POW Escapes of All Time

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Prisoners of war are those captured and held in custody from a belligerent power during or after an armed conflict. The United States has had over 130k POWs since the beginning of WWII. Many times, POWs are rendered helpless and are never recovered. But, sometimes they are able to break free from those who hold them captive - here are some of the most unbelievable POW escapes of all time.

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Posted 10 y ago

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SFC Mark Merino

Posted 10 y ago

Great thread RallyPoint Team!

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Capt Richard I P.

Posted 10 y ago

Good thread. I really enjoyed "The Great Escape" like SFC Mark Merino.

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LTC David S. Chang, ChFC®, CLU®

Posted 10 y ago

I had the privilege of talking to some Vets from the Korean war. One thing they mentioned is that at night, sometimes it would get so dark, that they couldn't see anything.

Some of the North Koreans were illiterate and didn't know how to count. One guy mentioned he feigned sickness and during a night road march slowly got to the end of the column. Then he quickly slipped out into a nearby ditch and because it was so dark and they didn't count properly, he was able to escape that way.

This guy was captured again and put in a cage to prevent it from happening again. Luckily he saved by the US/ROK army

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